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day that should normally occur between regions near the Equator 

 and those lying far to the north in the Pacific coastal strip. That 

 fogs and showers are not injurious to wax palms is proved by the 

 fact that all accounts of the Quindio, Santa Marta, and other wax 

 palm regions tell of the heavy fogs and frequent rainfall. 



There is, then, every indication, from the foregoing data, that the 

 various species of wax palms could be introduced and acclimatized 

 at those localities along the Pacific coast thermal strip which most 

 nearly parallel the climatic conditions characteristic of the Andean 

 habitat of each species: ceriferum at San Diego or Santa Monica; 

 quindiueTise and possibly fei^rugineum at Golden Gate Park, San 

 Francisco, Monterey, or even at Eureka ; while utile might do well at 

 Eureka, or even in Oregon and Washington.^^ Other Andean plants 

 are at the present time growing successfully in Golden Gate Park. 

 As is the case with practically all species of palms, the wax pahns 

 would need to be carefully nurtured during their early years. 



It is to be hoped that this article will not only arouse interest 

 in the study of the remarkable wax palms of South America but 

 also lead to their successful introduction into California and a few 

 favored regions on the coast of Oregon and Washington. 



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1810. Vues des Cordilleres et monumens des peuples indigenes de I'Amdrique, 

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" J. Harrison Wright, of Riverside, Calif., had a young wax palm, thought to be C. 

 andicola, growing outdoors from 1909 to 1917. lie writes me that it was vigorous and 

 thriving and then suddenly died, apparently because of the unusual hot weather of that 

 year. The climate of River.side, where subtropical and some tropical palms do well, doos 

 not indicate success in the introduction of wax palms of the high Andean regions, although 

 some species of warmer habitat might prosper there. Mr. Wright also reports another 

 specimen growing nearer the coast, which is still very small and without a trunk. 

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